diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 342516a7903..8c75f58c015 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.
 * Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format.
 
 ````
-    (DNN-####) Make the example in CONTRIBUTING imperative and concrete
+    #123 Make the example in CONTRIBUTING imperative and concrete
+
+    The 123 is the GitHub issue ID which needs to be tagged to properly track
+    the issues history.
 
     Without this patch applied the example commit message in the CONTRIBUTING
     document is not a concrete example.  This is a problem because the